let us go to steve, fla., on our line for independents. caller: i wish more americans would learn that when you are sitting next to a nation or group of people who continually fire rockets into your nation without any concern whatsoever or justification that continually, israel has every right to protect itself and should continue to do so. i totally wish for a solution. as a matter of fact, the palestinian people have been offered a solution three times to their benefit, and they have turned it down. host: what you think united states' role should be? caller: with president obama, i do not know exactly what our role is. i believe he is doing it behind closed doors i am mike past presidents. i do not think being more vocal about it would help the situation. i would hope the government of egypt, which receives $1 billion a year to support its military, would take a more active role along with president hama . host: from the l.a. times, 18. as for into turmoil by the arab spring uprising, the right to defend itself has been one of few consta